Travis Rice in Big Air at Winter X Games 12 | Photo: Christian Pondella/Shazamm/ESPN

Winter X Games has been around now since 1997 and with over 15 years under it's belt we can assume there are some crazy stats to go along with one of the most entertaining events on television.

Most people only see what goes on TV from riders launching huge airs out of the pipe to interviews and some insane crashes. So we thought we would look at an entirely different aspect of X Games.

Here is Winter X by the numbers:

Athletes By The Numbers:

3 – Mike Schultz, Cara-Beth Burnside and Shaun White are the only athletes to earn gold at X Games and Winter X Games in different sports.



6 – Nate Holland will attempt to win a record six consecutive Snowboarder X gold medals. He will be the first athlete in Winter X Games history to complete a six-peat.



10 – With 10 gold medals, Barrett Christy is the most decorated female athlete in Winter X Games history.



12 – Number of family members who have competed in Snowboard competitions at Winter X Games: Jamie and Joanie Anderson (Snowboarder X and Snowboard Slopestyle Women’s), Molly and Mason Aguirre (Snowboard SuperPipe Women’s and Men’s), Pat and Nate Holland (Snowboarder X Men’s), Ben and Lindsey Jacobellis (Snowboarder X Men’s and Women’s), Jack and Luke Mitrani (Snowboard SuperPipe Men’s), Paul Henri and Xavier de le Rue (Snowboarder X Men’s).



13 – Consecutive years J.J. Thomas has participated in Winter X Games.



13 – Number of years Snowboarders Tricia Byrnes (SuperPipe) and Seth Wescott (Snowboarder X) have competed at Winter X Games, the most of any athletes. After his start at Winter X Games 15, Wescott will become the only athlete with 14 Winter X Games appearances.



15 – Record for the most overall medals in Winter X Games history by Shaun White (Snowboard Slopestyle and SuperPipe), who also has four X Games Skateboard Vert gold medals.



22 – Number of Winter X Games rookie snowboarders competing at Winter X Games 15.



24 – Average age of athletes at Winter X Games 14.



75 – Snowboard athletes who have competed in both the Winter X Games and the Olympics

548 – Total number of distinct Snowboard athletes who have competed at Winter X Games since its inception
 

Event By The Numbers:

3 – Consecutive years that Winter X Games has been the highest-rated and most-viewed Winter X Games telecast ever

4 – Locations Winter X Games has taken place: Snow Summit, Calif. (1997); Crested Butte, Colo. (1998-99); Mount Snow, Vt. (2000-01); Aspen, Colo. (2002-2011)

10 – Consecutive years Winter X Games has been held in Aspen, Colo.

12 – Snowcats dedicated to the event

18 – Hours of live 3D programming

85 – Gap (in feet) on Big Air feature

143 – Number of scaffolding structures built for Winter X Games 15

172 – Countries and territories in Latin America, the Pacific Rim, Middle East, Africa, Israel and Canada that ESPN Networks televised Winter X Games 14

567 – Length in feet of the SuperPipe

929 – Number of two-way radios used at Winter X Games 14

38,000 – Number of spectators at the first Winter X Games in Snow Summit, CA.

50,000 – Feet of nylon rope used

55,000 – Zip ties used

84,100 – Number of spectators at Winter X Games 14, the largest Winter X Games crowd in Aspen history

846,350 – Total number of spectators at all Winter X Games events

1,147,000 – Number of households who watched Winter X Games 14